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Electronic and Latin Music Collide in Deorro’s Exclusive Playlist for Beatsource’s “VIP Crates” Series
Since kicking off its “VIP Crates” series in early January 2021, Beatsource, a digital music platform designed for open-format DJs, has become a trusted source of playlists. Their latest comes from dance music veteran Deorro, who curated a diverse and radiant selection of tracks at the intersection and electronic and Latin music. On the electronic music side, the famed “Five Hours” producer included a few songs from his EDM contemporaries, including MORTEN (“Beautiful Heartbeat” with Frida Sundemo) and KSHMR and KARRA (“The World We Left Behind”). However, Deorro leans heavily into Latin music for the majority of the playlist, a move that should not be considered surprising after he confirmed his new direction back in May ...
Zeds Dead Introduce New Record Label “Altered States” and Reveal Upcoming Mixtape
Zeds Dead is attempting to duplicate the success of their flagship record label Deadbeats with a new imprint, which will focus on the more downtempo and experimental side of bass music. Announced today, their upcoming label will be called Altered States. Zeds Dead took to Twitter to share the news and reveal the logo of the new brand. In addition to the launch of Altered States, they also stated that its first release will be an original Zeds Dead mixtape called Catching Z’s. While a preview of the upcoming mixtape has not been released, we do know that it will contain 13 new downtempo tracks from the iconic Toronto duo. Considering their history of exploring genres outside of dubstep, fans are excited to see them dive headfirst with a collection of exclusiv...
RAC Has Launched a Creative Agency Specializing in NFTs
For years, RAC has been a strong proponent of blockchain technology. Last year, he went as far as to introduce his own cryptocurrency called $RAC, a Zora-based community token powered by Ethereum. He’s also fervently supported fellow artists looking to enter the high-tech world of NFTs, or non-fungible-tokens. Now, RAC will share his wealth of crypto knowledge through a new creative agency, 6 Digital. Announced across his social media pages, his new agency will specialize in NFTs and help artists develop and manage their own releases. 6 Digital will help artists navigate and demystify the complex world of the blockchain-powered digital collectibles, the popularity of which has mushroomed in recent weeks. Check out RAC’s announcement below. The new ventu...
You Can Now Buy A METALLICA Travel Bag Built To Look Like A Road Case
METALLICA has teamed up with Burton, the world’s leading snowboard manufacturer, to create a capsule collection. The assortment includes t-shirts, jackets, snowboards, beanies, backpacks, a Wheelie Double Deck travel bag built to look like a road case and other accessories, all with a retail price of between $50 and $600. In 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter founded Burton Snowboards out of his Vermont barn and dedicated the rest of his life to snowboarding. Since its founding, Burton has played a pivotal role in growing snowboarding from a backyard hobby to a world-class sport by creating groundbreaking products, supporting a team of top snowboarders and pushing resorts to allow snowboarding. Today, Burton designs and manufactures industry-leading products for snowboarding and the outdoor...
CHRIS ROBINSON: THE BLACK CROWES Will Eventually ‘Get Around To Making A Record, But We’re In No Hurry To Do That’
Brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, who reunited in 2019 after six years apart, have once again admitted that they are in no rush to jump back into the studio to make a new BLACK CROWES album. The revamped band is currently scheduled to embark on a summer tour to mark the 30th anniversary of its 1990 debut album, “Shake Your Money Maker”, but there are no plans for THE BLACK CROWES to record new music. “Rich and I, our focus, like anyone else, is to get through this pandemic and get back to where we can do the thing we love [to do],” Chris told AXS TV‘s “At Home And Social” (see video below). “I miss going to see music as much as I miss playing. And I know all of our friends for many, many decades and in many different places around the world w...
THE OFFSPRING Says Producer BOB ROCK Is ‘Like A Member Of The Family Now’
THE OFFSPRING singer Bryan “Dexter” Holland and guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman spoke to Matt Pinfield of KLOS‘s “New & Approved” series about the band’s upcoming tenth studio album, “Let The Bad Times Roll”, which will arrive on April 16 via Concord Records. The follow-up to 2012’s “Days Go By” was produced by Bob Rock, who also worked on the band’s last two LPs. Asked what it’s like working with Rock again, Noodles said: “Bob‘s the best. He’s like a member of the family now. This is studio where we recorded the record. Bob will fly out from wherever he’s at in the world and spend a few weeks with us here. We show up in the morning, have some coffee, talk about, ‘...
Trapped In A World – TERROR
RATING: 8/10 Aside from recluses, few would say they’ve enjoyed the forced seclusion related to the pandemic. It’s been a social-life crippling nuisance at best, and an anxiety and depression fueling catalyst that’s led to many suicides on the more extreme, opposite end of the spectrum. Live music fanatics have suffered, obviously, but the impact upon the hardcore community is significantly more pronounced compared to numerous other genres. That’s because live music is the absolute focus of hardcore music and culture. For the better part of 20 years, TERROR has been one of hardcore’s guiding lights, so a new album from the LA-based crew is reason for celebration amongst the hardcore community, especially considering how good the new effort is. “Trapped I...
Jeff Buckley Biopic in the Works with Full Approval of Musician’s Estate
A new biopic about Jeff Buckley in development with the full support of the late musician’s estate. It’s titled Everybody Here Wants You and will star Reeve Carney in the lead role. Orian Williams will helm the project, marking his directorial debut. Carney is perhaps best known for playing Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Broadway staging of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. He also had a reoccurring role in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful. Williams, meanwhile, is an Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated producer, who previously helped bring the story of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis to the screen with the 2007 film Control. This will mark his first in the director’s chair, however. According to Variety, Everybody Here Wants You has the full support of Jeff Buckley’s estate and will have access...
Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen: “I Think We’re A Lot of People’s Fifth Favorite Band”
Kyle Meredith With… Cheap Trick Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Cheap Trick singer-songwriter Rick Nielsen catches up with Kyle Meredith to play some guitar while talking about In Another World. The lead guitarist discusses some of the Easter eggs within the new songs, writing about the passage of time, having the Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones guest, and covering John Lennon’s “Gimme Some Truth”. Given the band’s recent cover of “Rebel Rebel”, Nielsen reminisces about his friendship with David Bowie as well as the time he hung with Jennifer Lopez. Later, he previews the upcoming tour in Australia and discusses his business ventures that include starting Reverb, his restaurants, and new...
Mick Fleetwood Is Now Open to Fleetwood Mac Reunion with Lindsey Buckingham
Back in 2019, Fleetwood Mac wrapped up an epic 50th anniversary world tour that served as their first proper string of live shows since parting ways with Lindsey Buckingham the year prior. Now, de facto bandleader and drummer Mick Fleetwood has revealed that he wants to do a proper farewell tour with the whole band, including Buckingham himself — marking a dramatic 180-degree turn from where he stood exactly a year ago. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Fleetwood explained that the coronavirus pandemic has given him ample time to reevaluate his relationships and goals. Arguably the biggest one on his mind is getting everyone back together again to perform live one last time, especially after the band’s celebrated guitarist and co-founder Peter Green passed away unexpectedly last ...
Maple Glider Unveils New Song “Good Thing”: Stream
Melbourne songwriter Maple Glider has signed to Partisan Records and shared the new single “Good Thing”. The artist born Tori Ziestch joins a stacked Partisan roster that includes Laura Marling, Fela Kuti, IDLES, and Fontaines D.C. She has a sweet, smoky voice which she likes to keep at a whisper — the better to add drama when she unleashes a powerful belt. Her label debut “Good Thing” is a slowed-down guitar track, with stately strumming enlivened by the occasional crisp snap of a drum. Lyrically, the song explores the sadness and confusion of a relationship near its end. “But I guess that’s how we learn,” she sings as the music swells. “By setting fire to things that bring us life/ Before we’ve got to watch them burn.” In a statement, she explained the intention behind the track, w...
‘SNL’ Thinks Dionne Warwick Wants to Egg Wendy Williams’ House, But She Has a Better Idea
But she does have something else in mind, suggesting that the NBC series should “kick this up a notch.” The 80-year-old multi-platinum singer addressed the show in a short “My Response to SNL & I’m Calling Out Wendy Williams, Let’s Talk!” clip on her YouTube channel, where she will be launching her very own talk show, Dionne Speaks. And you’ve probably already guessed who she wants the first guest to be. “Thank you for the wonderful skit you did last night. I had a ball laughing,” she said, grinning from ear to ear. “And I want you to know you guys must be reading my mind because I’m getting ready to do my own talk show. And I’d love for my very first guest to be — mmhm, you guessed it — Ms. Wendy William...
